There's so little going on that the only thing that I think is worth mentioning is a report that Blue Origin's initial examinations of the recovered booster from New Glenn 2 show it appears to be in better shape than they expected. A video that's five minutes long from where this is set to start has lots of impressive pictures. A little too much emphasis on how clean it is for my taste, but it's their video.
So a couple of little attempts at humor.
Finally... are you a plugger?
'Plugger'..worked in a factory as a machine operator making bolts...All day dropping blanks into a 'roll threader'. For years at Ace Hw. I caught myself picking up bolts to see if they were done right. And yeah I could tell what size..
ReplyDeleteMany people who have wrenched for a living can reliably know the size by looking at it. Even some of us amateurs who have done a lot of repair work are pretty good at it.
ReplyDeleteI think the plugger idea was intended for people like you describe FeralFerret - us amateurs who fix anything we can first. From car parts to house parts, tools, you name it.
DeleteI've threaded some parts into screws as part of a machine project, but not a lot and generally not something I could order from a place like Bolt Depot. And occasionally de-boogered something I did buy from Bolt Depot or the corner True Value/Home Depot/etc.
19 years in a hardware store made me a Plugger.
ReplyDeleteWRT the New Glenn 2 recovery, even before I watched the video, I thought the methalox propellant would cause a cleaner booster. RP1 is just a refined jet fuel and remember how jet engines smoked?
ReplyDeleteWhen I did a lot more work on my cars, I was able to tell what size a bolt or nut was by just looking at it. My eyeballs are not as well calibrated as they used to be since I don't use them for that so much anymore.
I was able to look at nuts and bolts and tell what size they are since my teen years working on cars. It extends to metric, as well. Haven't lost it this late in life, either. Downright useful.
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